Black Ships Before Troy
LC Class BL793.T7 S88 1993[2] | | |
Followed by | The Wanderings of Odysseus |
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Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad is a novel for children written by
Library Association, recognizing the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.[3]
Plot
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Reviews and reprints
Kirkus Reviews noted the "compelling vision and sensitivity to language, history, and heroics" that she brought to retelling both
Common Core handbook suggests it for grades 6-8.[7]
Sequel
Sutcliff's retelling of Homer's ISBN 978-0-7112-0862-9).[8]
Kirkus praised both Sutcliff's text, for preserving "a certain formality of language" and for graceful "winnowing", and Lee's "spectacular paintings": "Beautiful and detailed ... the pictures are obviously the result of careful research and reward close scrutiny. A gorgeous book, more than worthy of its predecessor." It suggested the book for ages 10 and up.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Black ships before Troy" (first edition). WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
- ^ a b "Black ships before Troy: the story of the Iliad" (first US edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ^
(Greenaway Winner 1993) Archived 29 January 2013 at the CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ^ a b "Black Ships Before Troy". Kirkus Reviews. 15 October 1993. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- JSTOR 20201792.
- ISBN 9780307567215.
- ISBN 9781475810165.
- ^ "Formats and editions of The wanderings of Odysseus". WorldCat. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ^ "The Wanderings of Odysseus". Kirkus Reviews. 15 May 1996. Retrieved 2012-10-13.
- ISBN 9780313299353.
External links
- Black Ships Before Troy in libraries (WorldCat catalog) —immediately, contemporary US reprint
- Rosemary Sutcliff —curated by Anthony Lawton, literary executor